Some Simply Scrumptious Fiction
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Acqua Calda
by Keith McDermott
As actor Gerald prepares to die from AIDS, he receives a last chance to perform in Sicily and finds himself living in Italy and falling …
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Saturday
by ian mcewan
A successful, happily married neurosurgeon, Henry Perowne is drawn into a confrontation with Baxter, a small-time thug, following a minor motor vehicle accident on the …
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The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
A Magical love story that is as sad as it is joyous.
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Tangerine Dream
by Ken Douglas
Best friends Haley and Taylor must deal with a terrible loss when Taylor's twin sister, Dylan, is killed in a car crash. Meanwhile, Taylor and …
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The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of …
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Sudden Rain
by Maritta Wolff
The long-lost final manuscript from the late novelist is a riveting, resonant story that captures the emotional rhythms of suburban L.A. in the late 60s …
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Serpent Girl
by Matthew Carnahan
After being kicked out of college, Bailey Quinn embarks on a difficult and potentially dangerous journey through life, joining the circus and falling in love …
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Flirting With Danger
by Suzanne Enoch
In her dazzling romantic suspense debut, USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Enoch brings us a thrilling tale about a thief who needs to prove she's …
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The Poet of Tolstoy Park
by Sonny Brewer
In 1925, Henry Stuart leaves his home and grown sons in Idaho to move to the woods on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, Alabama, …
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Snobs
by Julian Fellowes
From the Oscar(-winning screenwriter of "Gosford Park" comes a brilliant and revealing comedy of manners.
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The Dog of the Marriage
by Amy Hempel
From one of the most highly acclaimed short story writers of the last two decades comes a glittering collection about relationships gone awry, sexual obsession, …
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The Bones
by Seth Greenland
A hysterically scathing first novel about ambition and its discontents. Frank Bones is a self-destructive, take-no-prisoners, bad boy comic whose recent stage stunt with a …
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Goodnight Steve McQueen
by Louise Wener
From the author of The Perfect Play comes a charmingly romantic–yet very edgy-novel set in the music industry about friendship, love, growing up, and always …
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A Changed Man
by Francine Prose
Holocaust survivor Meyer Maslow, the head of a human rights foundation, is baffled by the entreaties of Vincent Nolan, a young neo-Nazi who inadvertently transforms …
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The Almond Picker
by Simonetta Agnello Hornby
A debut novel explores issues of identity in modern Sicily, presenting the complicated life of Maria Rosalia Inzerillo, a woman born into poverty in Sicily …
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Windows on the World
by Frederic Beigbeder
Weaving together philosophy, myth, world politics, and humor, this stunning work of literary daring is a fearless, moving, and unsettling novel set against the events …
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Milk
by Darcey Steinke
From a writer of remarkable depth and courage, a brilliant and haunting novel that explores the intersection of spirituality and sexuality. Mary is a new …
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March
by Geraldine Brooks
From Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, March, and has added adult resonance to portray the moral …
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Metropolis
by Elizabeth Gaffney
A brilliant novel of epic proportions, "Metropolis" tells the story of a young man's struggle to find love and create a life in late 19th-century …
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The Seventh Beggar
by Pearl Abraham
At the heart of "The Seventh Beggar" lies a contemporary young man's obsession with the legendary 19th-century Chasidic master, Nachman of Bratslav--kabbalist, storyteller, and charismatic …
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The Retreat
by Patrick Rambaud
A gripping historical novel focused on Napoleon's dramatic invasion of Russia, "The Retreat" is a stirring follow-up to "The Battle," winner of France's Goncourt Prize.
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Responsible Men
by Edward Schwarzschild
Is there really such a thing as a responsible man? Max Wolinsky, a swindling salesman, asks this question when old associates want in on his …
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Europe Central
by William T. Vollmann
In his newest work, Vollmann presents a mesmerizing series of intertwined paired stories that compare and contrast the moral decisions made by various figures--some famous, …
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Misfortune
by Wesley Stace
A rich, outrageous, Dickensian novel in the comic tradition of The Crimson Petal and the White about a boy raised as a girl in the …